Memory corruption in Adobe Photoshop - CVE-2018-12811
Published: August 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14489
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12811
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening specially crafted data, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Adobe Photoshop
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12811
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 18.1.6, 19.1.6.
Adobe Photoshop - addressed in versions 18.1.6, 19.1.6